Making email address optional on registration? vB 3.8.7

[Max Taxable]

I have spent most of the morning searching to see if this has ever been done and come up Butkus.

I don't bother with email verification at all, (useless to stop spam and only annoys legitimate would-be members) and I want to also make the email address on registration a option rather than a requirement. So that, if someone chooses to leave the fields blank the registration still goes thru without a hitch.

Anyone have any ideas on this?

[ozzy47]

In your register.php file find and remove:
line 292

OR empty($vbulletin->GPC['email'])

That just might do it. If not we will go further.

[Zachery]

I don't think I'd go down that path, personally.

[ozzy47]

Why is that?

[Max Taxable]

I can see issues with it - what if a person forgets his password? I had planned to strongly word the option to let them know a valid email address is vital for password changes and remainders, and we don't spam you. Or some such.

Lots of my users get their alerts via email, for their subscribed threads. They would need to record a valid email address still, for this to work.

But really, there's no reason anymore to require email on registration. They can fill it out and validate it later, when they feel like it.

Originally Posted by ozzy47

In your register.php file find and remove:
line 292

OR empty($vbulletin->GPC['email'])

That just might do it. If not we will go further.

Would need "OR confirm" commented out as well, right? Line 293?

[ozzy47]

Yes.

[ForceHSS]

Not a good idea to remove this option

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

Not a good idea to remove this option

Please elucidate.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by Max Taxable

Please elucidate.

Really you need to ask why think about it

[Max Taxable]

Originally Posted by ForceHSS

Really you need to ask why think about it

I need to ask YOUR opinion of why it's a bad idea. Since I haven't perfected mind reading as yet.